Is Skiploom Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Hoppip evolves at level 18. If sourced via PokeRadar, Skiploom is the middle stage of a postgame Grass chain. Jumpluff at 27 is the destination, but the whole line struggles offensively.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Hoppip here.
Gardenia's team hits Skiploom's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's typing presses Skiploom's defenses.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Jumpluff's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Flint's team hits Jumpluff's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Hoppip
Catch Hoppip on Route 205 (Poké Radar, Lv 10-12, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- LV 37GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 40FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Hoppip to Skiploom
Hoppip evolves into Skiploom at Level 18. Your Hoppip should hit Level 18 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- LV 44GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Skiploom to Jumpluff
Skiploom evolves into Jumpluff at Level 27. Your Skiploom should hit Level 27 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 27GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Skiploom in Platinum
Raise a Hoppip to level 18 and it becomes Skiploom, the lone path to one. Hoppip itself only appears through Poke Radar chains, so expect to chain before you can even begin.
Catch Hoppip at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Skiploom.
Badge 2How to Obtain Skiploom in Pt
How to Get Shiny Skiploom in Platinum
Skiploom rarely appears itself, so chain a Hoppip on Route 205 to 40 for a shiny and let it evolve. Compare Shiny Skiploom odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Skiploom Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Platinum shiny odds for Skiploom.
Skiploom Weakness
Skiploom is weak to Ice, Fire, Poison, Flying, and Rock. Watch out for Ice attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Ground-type moves entirely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Poison, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Skiploom Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Skiploom
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x216-254%KO Ancient Power 2x63-74% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x347-408%KO Avalanche 4x187-220%KO Fire Blast 2x70-83% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Abomasnow builds →Ice Beam 4x220-260%KO Rock Slide 2x70-83% | ||
 Articuno Ice | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Articuno builds →Ice Beam 4x226-266%KO Fly 2x119-140%KO Ancient Power 2x48-56% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Weavile builds →Avalanche 4x212-249%KO Poison Jab 2x94-111%KO Aerial Ace 2x70-83% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Regice builds →Ice Beam 4x235-276%KO Ancient Power 2x51-60% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x113-133%KO Rock Slide 2x63-74% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x188-221%KO Sludge Bomb 2x81-96% | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x209-246%KO Air Slash 2x113-133%KO Ancient Power 2x60-71% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x179-211%KO Stone Edge 2x104-122%KO Poison Jab 2x84-99% Aerial Ace 2x63-74% | ||
 Froslass IceGhost | C | |
 Zapdos Electric | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Zapdos builds →Fly 2x124-147%KO Ancient Power 2x60-71% | ||
Skiploom Evolutions
Skiploom sits between Hoppip and Jumpluff in this three-stage line. Not the final form yet. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. Speed has grown the most so far (+30), but there's still another 120 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Skiploom to get Hoppip eggs easily using 35 partners from the Fairy and Grass egg groups. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Aromatherapy, Confusion and 6 more.
Pt Skiploom Best Moveset
Faster than most unevolved Pokemon at 80 Speed, but 45 in both Attack stats leave the moveset toothless. AbilityChlorophyll doubles that Speed in sun. Jumpluff is the destination.
Best Build
Skiploom best EVs are HP and Speed
Wall Moveset
- Encore
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Sleep Powder
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Skiploom gets Amnesia and Aromatherapy exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Bug coverage rounds out the picture alongside Solar Beam and Energy Ball.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
25 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It blooms when the weather warms. It floats in the sky to soak up as much sunlight as possible.
Skiploom Platinum Guide
In Platinum, for a casual playthrough, Skiploom works as a placeholder. Grass/Flying coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Jumpluff. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Skiploom appears in 16 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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